Monthly Archives: February 2013

Although there are several ways to interpret the phrase “integrated storage” (or “unified storage”) one of the most important ones to focus on is that it creates a single store for Unstructured, Semi-Structured, and Structured types of storage. The differences … Continue reading →

Hopefully Part 1 gave you some idea of the scenarios that Integrated Storage was intended to address and why you would want support in the storage system to help address them. And yes, I barely scratched the surface of what one … Continue reading →

People have been bugging me to write about Integrated Storage for some time, and with Bill Gates having just disclosed that failure to ship WinFS was his biggest product regret now seemed like a good time. In Part 1 I’ll … Continue reading →

I have no idea how many Microsoft had available yesterday but I did want to make a few observations: Microsoft Stores had been giving away Surface Pro reservation cards for the week before availability. My local store ran out of … Continue reading →

The Microsoft Surface Pro went on sale yesterday and immediately sold out, leading many pundits and other observers to declare the launch a failure. Meanwhile the Surface RT has sold an unknown number of units (because Microsoft won’t reveal actual … Continue reading →

Ok, rumors out today that Microsoft is considering releasing Microsoft Office on Linux. Cue immediate reaction that ranges from skepticism to outright hostility that anyone would repeat such a rumor. And the most negative reactions are coming from people I … Continue reading →

No this is not a true review. I’ve had all of 20 minutes playing with a Surface Pro in the Microsoft Store. I happened to hit the store just before the end of the work day when it was quiet, … Continue reading →